Phantom invisible convoy?

[Zanarkin]

I tracked a large convoy for a very long period of time (over the course of two evening playing) and when I was within visual range I upped the scope and saw......nothing. I then surfaced and saw nothing. I full speeded right into the middle of the convoy with the map showing around ten merchant ships all around me almost collision range yet I was in empty ocean.

I even rebooted my PC and returned on my third gaming night and still nothing. I just gave up and sped away all while my sonar officer kept spouting their course and distance until I lost contact. My surface watch crew never announced contact despite the map showing squares everywhere.

This unusual or common? I later found multiple new convoys and never had another issue.

[TheDarkWraith]

sounds like you ran into a pod of dolphins

[Zanarkin]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

sounds like you ran into a pod of dolphins

Oh crap! Really? I do have the mod with dolphins and whales but never seen any. I was looking all over the place with the external camera but couldn't see a thing. I was beginning to think they were submarines yet the sonar guy kept screaming 'merchant, moving away slow' so figured it had to be surface ships.

I was scanning for the wakes of ships with the camera so very well could have missed a fish easily.

[Trevally.]

Flipper gets another one
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=196533

[Zanarkin]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

Flipper gets another one
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=196533

I plan on putting my sonar operator on potato duty tonight for insisting dolphins were 'merchants' for the entire stalking operation.